Tzampop is charged with murder and is being held on $1 million bond. He is due to appear Monday in New London Superior Court. Both men are from the village of Chocojan, Guatemala, police said.

The chief medical examiner's office conducted an autopsy Friday and concluded Chajon died as the result of a "compression of the neck with blunt injuries of head and trunk" and declared his death a homicide.

In September, Tzampop was charged by New London police for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and several other motor vehicle charges. He is due in New London Superior Court on Jan. 23 for that incident, according to state court records.

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